Well, everybody is aware about the harmful consequences of cigarette smoking. It does have a bad influence on the heart of and a person. Smoking has a direct link with coronary heart disease.

Smokers have double the chances of getting a heart attack than people who don't smoke. His risk of getting a heart ailment is directly proportional to the number of cigarettes smoked by him or her in a day.

20% of heart attack deaths in USA happened to smokers. In fact, smokers also pass the risk of this ailment that is exposed to the smoke. This smoke is known by the name of environmental tobacco smoke and children can get the heart disease from it. 35,000 people expire every year due to heart disorders developed as an influence of this smoke.  Due to smoking, the availability of oxygen to heart decreases considerably and blood pressure enhances along with heart rate. The consumption of tobacco in any kind can lead to a heart attack, even if they are taken in the form of tobacco. The low risk HDL cholesterol decreases inside the body while the high risk LDL cholesterol increases. This is very injurious to the heart of a smoker as the negative effects of having cholesterol occurs on the body.